The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

This day was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it was a very good day for every family to cook Laba porridge.After finishing the porridge in the evening, the second master of the Zhenguo Mansion suddenly stroked his beard and said, "As the saying goes, a big tree forks and a big family. All three of us have grandchildren. It is shameful for us to stay in the mansion." "Brother, it's time to separate."

Master Niu was stunned.Before he could open his mouth, Master Niu San said, "Second brother said, let's share it in the next year."

Grandpa Niu said anxiously, "What did you two say?"

The two said at the same time: "Separate!"

"Why did you suddenly bring up the separation?"

Master Niu San said: "Brother, it's time to divide up. How can we have the nerve to stay in the mansion all this time?"

Master Niu Er said: "I have given birth to eight sons, and they have been raised by the mansion. I am really sorry."

Master Niu became more and more surprised.The second child doesn't have a daughter at home, and raising a son has to go to school and marry a wife, which is very costly. Why would he want to separate the family?However, his sons are all incompetent people; even the dead one, half of them who can support the appearance cannot be found.How can their house live away from Zhen Guo Mansion?During the most difficult years in the house, some of the lower-level Qing Ke urged Mr. Niu to drive the second room out. He recited his father's dying instructions and absolutely refused.Why now that the mansion is getting better and better, the two of them actually want to separate?After a while, he smiled wryly and said, "What is the reason after all? Is there something your brother can't live with?"

Both of them stood up and said: "No! Brother treats us very well. It's really time for us to separate."

Master Niu Er said: "There is a large population in the mansion, and the grandchildren are growing up, and they can't live there anymore. The two younger ones in my family still want to get married. I carefully calculated the houses in the mansion, and talked about the yard, even the house is hard to find. Big brother , I really can’t live anymore.”

Master Niu thought about it for a while, and what he said was actually right.The second room really has too many sons, the last time the sixth child got married, he almost had a bridal chamber in a small wing room.Nai thought to himself, "Let's expand the house and buy some houses in the surrounding neighborhood."

Master Niu San said: "Those are mostly clansmen separated from our mansion in the early years, I'm afraid they won't sell them."

Master Niu snorted: "The Zhen Guo Mansion wants to buy it, who dare not sell it?"

Master Niu Er said: "What if they ask for prices?" Master Niu gave him a funny look and said nothing.

Master Niu San said: "Brother, the rangers in Beijing have been rampant these past few months. No matter how much face our family has, it is no match for the prince's relatives."

Master Niu just waved his hands: "They dare not."

The two brothers looked at each other, and Master Niu San said: "Brother, it's better to inquire carefully. They really dare."

Master Niu waved his hand again: "They dare not."

He was wrong, those rangers really dared.Mr. Niu ordered people to drive away the neighbors who wanted to buy their houses, but none of these people were willing, and they sat at the gate of the Zhenguo Mansion in the twelfth lunar month and cried.Master Niu got angry, and said to the steward below: "Beat them all away! Kill them all." The steward really led the people to roll over with sticks on their shoulders, and they were injured.

Among them was an old man in his 70s who was the uncle of Mr. Niu.The thugs of the servants of the Zhen Guo Mansion didn't dare touch him, but beat his grandson instead.The old man protected his grandson and beat him hard.In this cold weather, how can the old bones bear it?It was gone that night when I carried it back.Master Niu was shocked when he heard this, he was afraid he would offend his clansmen, so he sent someone to apologize and give a white gift, and let them kick him out.

On the third night after the old man left, the evil slave who was in charge and injured the old man was killed by You Xiaer, all of them were killed with a single knife.That's all for the steward, he died in the mansion; the thug died in the tavern!The ranger who murdered still left a note, stating the reason for killing this person.There was a sudden commotion in the vicinity of the Zhen Guo Mansion, everyone said that the knight-errant is the blue sky, protecting the people, eliminating violence and keeping the good.So he was no longer afraid of Zhen Guofu, and he would not sell the house even if he yelled.

The first time Master Niu suffered a disadvantage in his life was the year of the chaos in central Beijing, Jiannan Jiedu envoy Fang Xiong ordered his soldiers to charge him with an unwarranted crime, locked up all the males in the Prison Temple, and seized the opportunity to search Fuchu warehouse.At that time, the family had no military power in their hands, and the only way to knock down their front teeth was to swallow them in their stomachs.Now that his son and nephew are all promising, why are they afraid of being a knight-errant?Nai said coldly: "Since they like to meddle in their own business, let them meddle in it." Tell the people below, "Since You Xia only cares about killing people, let's not kill people, but demolish houses!"

The next day, more than a dozen family members rushed to the house of a neighbor whose surname was not Niu, threw out all the people inside, and forcibly demolished the house.The leader arrogantly dropped a bank note: "It is enough to buy all the things in your shabby house."

That family has already cried Huang Tian down, but the old lady in charge didn't cry, she spit on his face: "Bastard with a black heart, beware of the retribution in front of you, the laws of heaven cannot tolerate it!"

The family member laughed loudly: "I never hurt anyone and gave money for buying things, which is unreasonable?"

Suddenly someone said loudly: "Old man, take the money." A man wearing a straw hat came out of the crowd slowly, picked up the silver note from the ground and handed it to the old lady, "The New Year's Eve will tear down your money." The house, don't you want to pay the price?" The old lady didn't want it in her heart, but somehow she stretched out her hand to take it.The man in the straw hat turned around and looked at the thugs in Zhen Guo Mansion, "I've been paying attention to these 'rangers' for a while. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid you're thinking wrong. You're dead for selling and buying. There are many people, from court officials to relatives of princes and lords of various families. You are mere domestic slaves, why bother to sacrifice your life for nothing? No matter how confident the Zhen Guo Mansion is, it can't compare to the princess's own uncle."

Everyone was in an uproar, and the thugs suddenly turned black.The leader shouted: "You are talking nonsense!"

The man in the straw hat said: "If you don't believe me, just look it up." Then he turned and left.The onlookers unknowingly parted ways to let him go, even if they were curious, they dared not follow.

as expected.That night, the dozens of people who demolished the house all died.Mr. Niu left a piece of warning beside his pillow, which said: If there is a next time, the mastermind will never be tolerated.Mr. Niu was frightened, he held the paper and shook his hand for a long time, and he didn't dare to think of the neighbors again.

It's just that since the expansion of the mansion was not possible, the second and third bedrooms were separated again.Master Niu thought for a while, then sighed: "It's really not possible, the only thing we can do is to separate."

After hearing this, Mrs. Niu hurriedly said: "Where can we divide the family? Do you remember what the old man said before he left? After leaving this country's government, they will lose their protection. The third room is fine; the second room even has an official. No, no one will be bullied when they go out. Those clansmen who were separated from the mansion earlier refused to move away from our mansion, didn’t they just hope that if something happens, they can be sheltered by our mansion? There are many houses in the mansion , I'll check it out tomorrow, so I won't be short of the house for the children to get married."

Mr. Niu was so happy that he made a bow to her: "Please, Mrs. Madam!"

Mrs. Niu didn't care about her busy years ago, she walked around the whole mansion herself, and she found a small guest house in the northwest corner.Although it is small, there are three main rooms, which is enough for several young masters to get married.Busy to the second room to tell Mrs. Niu Er.

Mrs. Niu Er smiled wryly: "Ma'am, to tell you the truth, even having a yard is useless, no one is willing to marry in."

Mrs. Niu immediately understood.He sneered and said, "Don't worry, brothers and sisters. Wait until spring next year, at most next summer. I don't know how many people will post it." Nai cocked the right corner of his mouth, "The marriage that our second child made is the daughter of the magistrate of Huizhou in the south of Lingnan, a girl. You don’t have to say anything about your appearance; the best thing is that you can bring back a big business for our mansion.”

Niu Er's wife said in a low voice: "What good can the people who posted like that do? They don't sincerely want to marry our family."

Mrs. Niu glanced at her: "Both of your children are bastards, and they can't get married to a good family. It would be nice for the daughter-in-law to send a dowry."

Mrs. Niu Er said: "Even if there is no dowry, the girl is good, and the couple live in harmony is better than anything else. Our family is not short of money."

Mrs. Niu sneered and said: "If the family is divided, how much money will the second master get? Is it enough for your sons like the second room?"

Mrs. Niu Er said: "The matter of family division is ultimately not up to us wives. The Eldest Master is a gentleman, and he must be good to his brothers."

Mrs. Niu couldn't help but spit on her face!Although Mr. Niu is a military general, he is really pedantic. He has never treated his brothers badly for many years.If it is really necessary to separate the family, even if the family has less, they must give more to the second room—the third room has a good job after all, and the second room has many sons who are not successful.Nai scolded: "How shameless! You only bully our master, and plan to use such a piece of furniture!"

Mrs. Niu Er laughed: "The eldest lady said something heartfelt. It's just useless for the eldest lady to jump up and down. The eldest master has such a temper. Isn't the eldest wife a virtuous one? Could it be that she prepares her companions for ideas and small money?" Elder Master can't argue?"

Mrs. Niu originally disliked the consumption of the second bedroom, so it would be no problem if they were divided; it was just that the third bedroom would be separated as well—she even pointed out that Niu Jiye was outside to support her son.Nai said: "If the family is divided, and the elder is merciful to the brother and divides his property more, how long can your house last outside?"

The Second Mrs. Niu sat upright and waved her handkerchief: "I don't need to worry about this, Mrs. Niu, we have our own plans." The angry Mrs. Niu turned around and left.Niu Er's wife was still shouting from behind: "The eldest lady is leaving now? I won't see you~~"

Mrs. Niu went back to her courtyard and thought about it for half an hour, but she really couldn't figure out why the second room wanted to leave Zhen Guo Mansion.It's really no good for them, and they don't know where their livelihood will be in the future.

Little did they know that Mrs. Niu had planned this matter long ago.After leaving the door of the Zhen Guo Mansion, he himself is the old matriarch.With all the money and wealth in his hands, he no longer has to look at the face of that two-faced sour woman, how comfortable he is.As for the son's incompetence... After all, there must be some property in the mansion.Of the eight sons of Mr. Niu San, only two are descendants of the concubine, and the rest are concubines.The fourth brother Niu Jiyao was killed by thieves in the early years, and almost killed most of the second wife of Niu; now only the eldest is left.

At that time, the eldest wife and the third wife in the mansion saw that she never cared about the concubine concubine of the second master Niu was pregnant, and saw the concubine give birth to a large family, the second wife Niu only pretended to be virtuous and virtuous, and said, "The son of the second master is naturally my son. .” As everyone knows, none of these bastards were born to the same mother.When they grow up to be eight or nine years old and thirteen or fourteen, the aunts who gave birth to them all gradually die.Because the second wife, the aunt, always treated the concubines and aunts well, the mothers of the children entrusted their sons to the second wife before they died.Whenever one of the aunts dies, the second wife will take in another maid with a straight face for the second master, until she has eight sons.

Mrs. Niu Er has her own plan in mind.She was originally the granddaughter of a fourth-rank official, and her uncle opened a medical clinic, so she knew that a woman's childbirth would inevitably hurt her body when she was not out of the court.One's own man is useless, and sooner or later the family will not get much property.Her uncle once said: The most valuable thing in the world is people, because people can work and earn money.Although her man is incompetent, he is no different from their brothers, and he is also a pedantic.In the future, the family will be separated and go out, and the family must have the final say.Apart from his own son, there are six other concubines and six concubines and daughters-in-law at his disposal.

These six bastards have been polished by her to be honest and obedient since they were young, it's like raising six guys for her son, and these guys have all studied in Niu's family school.The money and property obtained from the division of the family is definitely not enough for seven men; if it is only for one, it should be enough.If there are any deficiencies, send those six out to do things.Therefore, the daughter-in-law of the seventh and the eighth must be the daughter of an honest and reliable small family. She must be able to do needlework, and it would be even better if she could do some other skills to support the family.It is absolutely impossible to marry those who are posted because they want to get involved in the family business of the second daughter-in-law who has not entered the door.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is about to come, the second and third families are still biting to death to separate the family, so Mr. Niu let go.Mrs. Niu was in a hurry, and walked around the room for a whole afternoon. When it was time for dinner, she gritted her teeth and said, "Come on, call your uncle Zong."

Not long after, Niu Jizong came and saluted his mother.Mrs. Niu pulled him to sit down on the edge of the kang and said: "You know what's going on in the house now. Your second uncle and third uncle are going to separate. Don't guess about this matter. The third room must have provoked it. Heartless ! Back then, it wasn’t your father who raised them to become masters, could it be his father?”

Niu Jizong said: "It's just that there is really no place to live in the mansion now."

Mrs. Niu said: "Why can't I live here? I have found a yard, but the second room refused, saying that your wife has a bad reputation and no one is willing to marry their daughter in." Niu Jizong frowned.Mrs. Niu really sighed, "I took her in two years ago, just for the sake of her two grandchildren. Now that the child has also entered the barracks, her reputation has been ruined like this. Zong'er, divorce her, and mother will marry another one for you." Good daughter-in-law. In this way, there is no reason for the second room to argue about the separation of the family, and the third room can't leave."

Niu Jizong immediately said: "No way. The wife and wife are just an excuse they made. Even if there is no such thing, there must be something else. You can't follow their ideas."

Mrs. Niu said: "Seeing the trick, let's block it first and then talk about it."

Niu Jizong looked at his mother, knelt down on both knees and said, "Ma'am, let's get married and share the same pillow mat, and we will be friends together in Huangquan. My son is not willing to divorce his wife."